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12-14 April 2002
DIGITAL WEEKEND – A MICRO-FESTIVAL OF DIGITAL CULTURE SOFIA 2002
Curated by Iliyana Nedkova

All Events are FREE and open to the public
Interpretation to and from English is provided during the talks and lectures

FESTIVAL VENUE DETAILS:
National Academy of Arts Sofia, Studio 7
1, Shipka Street, Sofia 1000

AUDIO EVENT:
globally: http://www.mediascot.org/artstream
locally: Radio France International, Sofia 103,6 FM

For further information:
Dessislava Gavrilova
The Red House - Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia
Tel: 00359 2 980 49 24

DIGITAL WEEKEND has been curated by Iliyana Nedkova and co-produced by The Red House – Centre for Culture and Debate, Sofia and New Media Scotland, Edinburgh in collaboration with InterSpace Media Art Center, Sofia; National Academy of Arts, Sofia and Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University.

DIGITAL WEEKEND has been supported by Goethe-Institut Sofia; British Council; Open Society Foundation; The Royal Netherlands Embassy, Bulgaria; Radio France International, Sofia; Foundation EDUCATION XXI, Sofia; Leteratura – Lettre International, Sofia; Backnet, Edinburgh; Edinburgh College of Art; Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts; School of TV and Imaging, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, The University of Dundee; The Irish Arts Council and others. The Red House – Centre for Culture and Debate is supported by MATRA Programme of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. New Media Scotland is supported by Scottish Arts Council.

The Red House - Centre for Culture and Debate (Sofia, Bulgaria) is a new cultural and socio-political centre. Currently, its events are held at various venues across Sofia. Once reconstruction is completed, the Red House will be located in a listed, early 20C building in central Sofia, hosting a range of visual and performing arts events, training courses, lectures, readings and others. By creating an open space for artistic experiments and public debates, The Red House aims to become a catalyst for stimulating new political, social and cultural awareness across Bulgaria.

New Media Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland) is a non-profit agency enabling cultural activity shaped by new technologies: providing information, supporting research and development in new media, and creating opportunities for artists. New Media Scotland produces, exhibits and tours digital artworks across Scotland, the UK and internationally. Recent projects include HOST, artstream, Desktop Icons, Frame by Frame, REMOTE, <ambit>, Info Bulletin, Blind Date, level, DK City, trans-locale and others. Further details are available on http://www.mediascot.org

Dessislava Gavrilova (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Dessislava is founder-director (together with Tzvetelina Iossifova) of The Red House – Centre for Culture and Debate. She established and ran the Open Society Institute Performing Arts Programme (1997-2000) stimulating independent artistic work and innovation across Eastern and Central Europe and the former Soviet republics. Earlier, Dessislava did a research into the cultural policy of Britain after WWII at the University of Oxford. Her publications are in the field of the cultural policies and practices of performing arts.

Iliyana Nedkova (Edinburgh, Scotland and Sofia, Bulgaria)
Presently working with New Media Scotland as a Curator-in-residence, Iliyana is a producer and researcher of old and new media art events. Since 1996 Iliyana has been an Associate Curator with the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology (FACT), Liverpool and more recently a PhD candidate exploring Curatorial Theory and Practice of Digital Art at the Liverpool John Moores University. Iliyana delivers talks and publishes both in her native Bulgaria and abroad on issues of digital culture. Recent curtaorial projects and publications include Desktop Icons, Crossing Over, High Couture, Rapid Eye Movement, The Right One, Virtual Revolutions, Spacecraft, Seeing Through Flame and others.